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Comments of the week

letters should include a genuine postal or email address, phone number and the style or title of the writer. email: letters@catholicherald.c...

The Catholic Herald

Arts essay: A masterpiece for a Church mired in scandal

tintoretto helps us fix our eyes on what truly matters, says bishop robert barron i was in washington dc last week for meetings of the unite...

Bishop Robert Barron

Horror films know nothing about nuns

sister janet fearns says screenwriters have a lot to learn about the supernatural one moonlit night in autumn 1976, i was wearing the full-l...

Sister Janet Fearns

A materialist reflects on the mystery of suicide

can darwinism help us grasp this uniquely human tendency, asks alex defert a very human ending by jesse bering, doubleday, 288pp, £16.99 the...

Mass readings

ordinary form divine office week i sunday, september 23: 25th sunday in ordinary time wis 2:12, 17-20; ps 54; jas 3:16-4:3; mk 9:30-37 monda...

The Catholic Herald

The Church is as healthy as its secrets

the abuse crisis deepens. chile is awash with revelations of the abuse of minors. now germany and the netherlands have reports emerging of w...

Fr Dominic Allain

Melanie McDonagh: Cardinal Wolsey’s better angels

commonly, a book or a play about a historical character follows on from what historians have had to say about him. think of the musical hami...

Melanie McDonagh

On chastity and love...

“woe to chastity that is not practised out of love, but woe to love that excludes chastity.” these are the words of benoît standaert, a bene...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser

Leaked letters: Benedict XVI rebukes criticism of resignation

The former Pope apparently wrote the letters in response to criticism from Cardinal Brandmüller

Never again, again: Bishops promise action, but will it make a difference?

Ordinary Catholics want cultural and moral change, not bureaucracy